The Dallas County Jail is at a crisis capacity, housing over 7,000 inmates. Dallas County officials attribute the overcrowding to an inefficient software system that prevents the timely release of ...
The Dallas County jail has more inmates than it is authorized to hold for the first time in nearly two decades, county leaders said Tuesday. Hitting 100% capacity at the detention center raises the ...
NBC 5 is hearing from three former Dallas County jail inmates who recently filed lawsuits against Dallas County. They claim ...
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office refutes claims that the county jail is at "crisis capacity," stating it's near but not over its limit. Sheriff Marian Brown says the jail's capacity is at a ...
The North Tower Detention Facility of the Lew Sterrett Justice Center in Dallas in August 2022. Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer Dallas will delay its first installment of an $8.7 million payment to ...